The levels of resistance in the wild species of cassava, Manihot tristis Muell-Arg. (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae), to the whitefly, Aleurotrachelus socialis Bondar (Hemiptera: Alelyrodidae), the most important economic pest in cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae) crops in South America, were estimated under glasshouse conditions. The parameters of the life history of ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the role of Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT) and Thallium Stress Test (TST) in the detection of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) among soldiers. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY This study was conducted at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Multan, Pakistan, from 2002 to 2004. METHODOLOGY There were 291 male soldiers between ages 30 and 45 years ...

OBJECTIVE Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disorder involving the gastrointestinal tract. Immunosuppressive drugs are usually prescribed to treat IBD patients, and this treatment can lead to tuberculosis reactivation. This paper aimed to analyze tuberculin skin test (TST) results in IBD patients at a reference center in Brazil. METHODS We evaluated TST results in IBD patients usi...

The aim of the present study was to perform cost-minimisation analysis of contact investigation from a public health perspective using the tuberculin skin test (TST) and a new blood assay, QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G). A decision-analysis model simulated the costs of investigating a cohort of adult close tuberculosis contacts by the public health service following the current German guidelines o...

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) infection and atopic rhinitis in children recruited from a community with high incidence of MTB infections. The children were assessed for rhinitis according to the ISAAC questionnaire and tested for MTB infection by the tuberculin skin test (TST). Allergen-specific IgE sensitizations were tested b...

Background: Appropriate diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) play the most important role in the control of tuberculosis. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of LTBI among healthy tuberculosis unexposed children vaccinated with BCG using the tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and comparing the agreement between the two tests....

Class III POU proteins are prominent regulators of neural development. Tst-1/Oct6/SCIP, for instance, is essential for terminal differentiation of myelinating Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Although Tst-1/Oct6/SCIP is also expressed in the myelin forming oligodendrocytes of the central nervous system, targeted deletion of Tst-1/Oct6/SCIP failed to reveal a gross alteration of m...

BACKGROUND The risk of developing tuberculosis is high among chronic hemodialysis patients. The tuberculin skin test (TST) has been in use for diagnosing latent TB, but few data are available on TST in hemodialysis patients. OBJECTIVE This study was done to identify the TST reactivity and frequency of booster effect in serial TST among hemodialysis patients. METHODS A total of 100 patients ...